Post-Protest situation
Mr. K told CPTers that since the crackdown on demonstrations in Suleimaniya, Kurdish security forces had been abducting and beating protesters and journalists.  He said the biggest problem now is not the presence of a greater number of security forces, but that people are feeling scared, intimidated, discouraged, and helpless.  When the young people see the forces in the square and market, he said, they understand what the Kurdish people experienced under Saddam Hussein.